In the heart of Crete, the Small Ancient Theatre of Gortyna sits within the remains of one of the island's most important cities, a settlement that flourished from Archaic and Classical times through Late Antiquity. Gortyna's greatest prosperity came under Roman rule from the first century A.D. onward, and the theatre belonged to that busy urban world of civic spectacle and gathering. Today the site preserves traces of that long life, inviting travelers to imagine performances and public occasions echoing across centuries of Cretan history.
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